Bibliolater ๐๐๐๐ @bibliolater@qoto.org
Not a bot just a rather corpulent male approaching fifty years of age; a very very slow ignoramus who reads occasionally.
Toots are humanities, sciences, non-fiction books, maps, charts and graphs related. Toots or follows or boosts or mentions โ endorsements of any particular notion or notions. Expect many typing errors.
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"Coffee drinkers have much lower risk of bowel cancer recurrence, study finds" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/23/coffee-drinkers-much-lower-risk-bowel-cancer-recurrence-study #News #BowelCancer #Coffee #Cancer #Health #MedicalResearch #Medicine #Food #Science #Research @science
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In a nutshell, yes.
I have also subscribed, listened to the beginnings of a couple of episodes, decided it wasn't worth my time, but didn't unsubscribe for a long time.
#Question: have you ever subscribed to a #podcast and then never ever listened to a single episode from it's #feed?
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"In this episode, we look at one of the first English spelling books, and we explore several plays by William Shakespeare to examine the way he rhymed words. We also explore the way modern spellings reflect the pronunciation of words during the Elizabethan period." https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/2024/02/08/episode-174-speak-and-spell/ #History #English #Language #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare #Audio #Podcast #Podcasts @podcasts
"A record 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023. To find out whatโs driving this trend, Ian Sample speaks to Ivan Oransky, whose organisation Retraction Watch has been monitoring the growing numbers of retractions for more than a decade," https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2024/feb/22/mistakes-fakes-and-a-giant-rat-penis-why-are-so-many-science-papers-being-retracted-podcast #Science #STEM #Research #PeerReview #Publishing #Academia #Academic #Academics #Audio #Podcast #Podcasts @science @podcasts
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My favourite #Etymology bit of nonsense info is the word "Clichรฉ"
Its an onomatopoetic word from Francophone print-workers and its original meaning was "a copy of something".
It was ment to mimic the sound an old print press does when the paper is released by the sticky ink of the press over and over.
Try it yourself:
"Clichรฉ-Clichรฉ-Clichรฉ-Clichรฉ-Clichรฉ-Clichรฉ!"
"Indeed, the rapid development of generative AI technologies may intensify technologyโs influence on domains as varied as culture, business, politics, health and education. The risks posed are even more extremeโfrom increased market concentration to election fraud to even the demise of the human race." https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-need-a-public-service-internet-to-free-us-from-big-techs-grasp/ #Internet #Technology #Tech #STEM #Science #BigTech #Opinion @science
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NEWS:
Due to problems with our site upgrade, we are dropping the paywall, allowing full access to all our material.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
Additionally, due to problems with search, we are temporarily making available the old version of our site.
๐บ๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ซ๐ท "Leading up to the War of American Independence, a debate began in the Dutch Republic on how neutrality could be advantageously defined to promote commerce without becoming involved in wars of โentangling alliances'. The actors in this debate would produce arguments that were later adopted by members of George Washingtonโs cabinet."
Ariane Viktoria Fichtl (2024) Idea(s) of Dutch Neutrality in the American Debate on Neutral Rights (1793โ1807), Global Intellectual History, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23801883.2024.2326131 #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #History #Histodon #Histodons #USA #US #UnitedStates #America #GB #Britain #UK #UnitedKingdom #France #Europe #Trade #C18th #18thCentury #C19th #19thCentury #Rights #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodons
"We compare per capita ratios with an approach based on regression, a widely used statistical procedure that eliminates many of the problems with ratios and allows for straightforward data interpretation."
Kratochvรญl Lukรกลก and Havlรญฤek Jan. 2024 The fallacy of global comparisons based on per capita measures. R. Soc. Open Sci.11: 230832. 230832. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230832 #OpenAccess #OA #Research #DOI #Science #Health #Disease #Epidemiology #Environment #Statistics #Data @science
๐ฏ๐ต "How an English navigator became one of the shogunโs most trusted advisers." https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/william-adams-english-advisor-shogun #History #Histodon #Histodons #Japan #Tudor @histodon @histodons
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Pope Gregory XIII was patron of Romeโs renaissance, and a legal luminary whose influence transcends the ages.
https://theconversation.com/pope-gregory-xiii-gave-us-the-leap-year-but-his-legacy-goes-so-much-further-223093?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1711009543
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#Mastodon's User Base Skyrockets to 15 Million 
https://linuxiac.com/mastodons-user-base-skyrockets-to-15-million/
"Ethnic groups are real, but are socially and culturally constructed. More often than not, these groups have not had continuity across time historically, linguistically, culturally, and of course biologically. However, people intuitively tend to essentialize these groups, and DNA often serves as the placeholders for this." https://blog.oup.com/2024/03/who-do-you-think-you-are-genetics-and-identity/ #Science #STEM #Genetics #Ethnicity #DNA #Ancestry #Identity @science
"A quick look at the effects of the sound change in Germanic languages called Verner's Law, especially for Old Norse students." https://youtu.be/Jc_x-n5e_xg #Video #Language #Languages #Linguistics #Word #Words @linguistics
"In this way, La Marmotta is causing a literal sea change in our view of those first Neolithic farming groups. It was always difficult to understand how they could have travelled around all Mediterranean Europe. The Marmotta canoes are not only outstanding evidence of how they achieved that but also an example of the complexity of those societies from the viewpoint of their social and technical organisation."
Gibaja JF, Mineo M, Santos FJ, Morell B, Caruso-Fermรฉ L, et al. (2024) The first Neolithic boats in the Mediterranean: The settlement of La Marmotta (Anguillara Sabazia, Lazio, Italy). PLOS ONE 19(3): e0299765. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299765 #OpenAccess #OA #PeerReview #Research #Article #DOI #Neolithic #Archaeology #Boats #Paleoanthropology #Anthropology #Europe #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons @anthropology
"This problem matters, researchers say, because the increasing use of AI to generate images will further exacerbate stereotypes. Although some users are generating AI images for fun, others are using them to populate websites or medical pamphlets. Critics say that this issue should be tackled now, before AI becomes entrenched." https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00674-9 #News #Article #DOI #Research #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Art #Image #Technology #Tech #Racism #Sexism #Data #MachineLearning
"A video essay on why we fall into reading slumps, Rita Felski's theory of attunement & attachment and how to use it to discover books we would fall in love with while reconnecting with the joy of reading." https://youtu.be/SEJqgb6Vv-o #Video #Essay #Reading #Read #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @bookstodon
"The Herculaneum scrolls, charred and preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, were unreadableโuntil now" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-the-ai-competition-that-decoded-an-ancient-scroll-and-changed/ #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Ancient #Manuscripts #Scrolls #Technology #Tech
Not a bot just a rather corpulent male approaching fifty years of age; a very very slow ignoramus who reads occasionally.
Toots are humanities, sciences, non-fiction books, maps, charts and graphs related. Toots or follows or boosts or mentions โ endorsements of any particular notion or notions. Expect many typing errors.
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